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Lots of law abiding citizens still pay with cash so nothing unusual there, but as far as folding it goes, I think that would again, be nothing more than a personal trait and the times I had someone do that has been in personal transaction. I do the same when I'm just paying someone for helping me.
I'd have to say the only time I don't fold the bills is when paying at a place of business.
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I once had a girlfriend who did this great trick of folding a note with the Queen's head in such a way that produced a grotesque caricature of an old witch type figure. But she had absolutely no respect at all for anything to do with monarchy.
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Thought, "back in the day" our notes were much larger e.g., I remember the last "white fiver" - £5 note which was about 8" x 5" and so was always folded. (It was also more than the average working wage in 1956!) see : I really don't see people using currency anymore. some shops refuse it - no transference of infection? Even buskers take swipe cards. I went for my booster jab on Tuesday had to pay 90 pence for parking - swiped my credit card.
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Maybe that's where this idea of us folding notes came from, if the OP had seen it on an old b/w film somewhere then it makes sense to have a note open so the recipient can see its value then fold as a courtesy before handing it over ?
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I've also heard the tales that during WWII, enemies would suspect someone is an American spy if they catch them eating that way.
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Women's clothes in UK are supposed have buttons on the left to make it easier for their maid servants to dress them, of course they don't have maid servants dressing them any more, must be quite irritating.
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This folding money thing I noticed wasn't from an old film but rather from several British TV series not much older than 10 years. The only one I can name at the moment is "Lewis" but I remember seeing this action by various actors on various episodes of other shows. From what I've read here, this seems to be nothing more than either one actor doing something he may actually do in "real life" or simply an action that the script called for. I do recall one episode in "Lewis" where the character Hathaway is paying for some Takeaway Curry and he pulls out some notes, folds them in half and tells the proprieter to, "Keep the change." Maybe the change issue had something to do with it. (Or perhaps the "reason" for doing so ended up on the cutting room floor...) At any rate, thank you to our British members for setting me straight. Now what's up with these "polymer" notes? Are they actually plastic? Enquiring minds and all that. Best, PJ
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Are all notes now made from this polymer/plastic? Or maybe just some denominations while others are still paper?
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